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N. E. HAMILTON. DEVICE EOEEXEIBITING ADVERTISEMENTS, 6w.

Patented Apr. 1, 1890.

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lvitweooeo UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NAP LEON E. HAMILTON, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, oANADA.

DEVICE FOR EXHIBITING ADVERTISEMENTS, 8w.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,882, dated April 1, 1890. Application filed December 18, 1889. Serial Nb. 334,225. (No model.)

To aZZ wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON EDWARD HAMILTON, of the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Device for Exhibiting Ad-' described as consisting of a vertical support,-

preferably formed of a rod and sleeve, so as to be adjustable in length, and mounted'upon a foot of suflicient spread to give it stability. On the upper end of this vertical support is carried a horizontal bar,preferably rectangular in section and capable of extension in length. To this horizontal bar are secured On either or both sides and by suitable clips or fasteners the top edges of the sheets containing the advertisements or show-cards.

For full comprehension of the invention reference must be had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention with show-card in place; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional elevation of the device, and Fig. 3 a front View of same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is a vertical rod of suitable diameter and any desired length carried rigidly on foot B.

O is a sleeve of desired length sliding 011 the vertical rod A, and O a thumb-screw for securing these in their relative positions at any desired'point.

D is a bar usually rectangular in section and formed with a ledge (Z on its lower edge, and D D are extensions pivoted to or sliding on same, in the latter case between double ledges cl. This bar is mounted 011 a spindle E, inserted into the top of C, and can of course be turned in any direction, and to it are attached by any suitable clips F F sheets containing the notices or advertisements intended to be displayed.

It will of course be understood that the relative position of A and C can be reversed, and that the former may be a sleeve and the latter a rod sliding in it, in which case the spindle E will also be made as a sleeve.

In some cases the vertical support may be solid, of a fixed length, of any section desired and carried on any kind of foot, and the bar carrying the advertisement be made with a sleeve to be slipped on over it.

WVhat I claim is as follows:

A device for displaying advertisements, &c., composed of a vertical support adjustable in height and mounted on a foot or stand, and an extensible horizontal bar carried in such support, so as tobe swung round at an angle, and means for securing such notices thereto.

Montreal, 13th day of December, 1889.

N. E. HAMILTON, In presence ot FRAs. HY. REYNOLDS, WM. P. lVlOFEAT. 

